Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Moyvally, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyvally
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42288, -6.91462
- SMR number
- KD003-030----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2002, archaeological excavation (Licence No. 02E1089) was carried out on behalf of Westmeath County Council at Moyvalley 2, Co. Kildare, before the construction of the M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock Motorway Scheme. The site was previously identified during route testing as three possible pits. Two of the features were natural; the third was a small charcoal-rich pit, roughly circular (diam. c. 1.05m; D 0.07m). It provided a radiocarbon date of cal. AD 670-970 (with the possibility of old wood effect). There was no direct evidence of burning in situ and no associated features. The pit was within the grounds of Ballyna estate, formerly the More O'Farrell estate. The land was originally extensive marsh but had been well drained by a number of post-medieval ditches and drains. No cultural material was associated with the pit. (www.excavations.ie)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.